Once Upon a Time in Moberly for July 10, 2012

Tuesday

Jul 10, 2012 at 12:01 AMJul 26, 2012 at 9:31 AM

Tuesday, July 10, 1962

•The Federal Aviation Agency, in a letter to City Manager S.W. McAllister Jr., says it would prefer that the city continue to go ahead with Moberly airport improvements as planned until land costs are definitely determined.

Debbie Fitzpatrick

Tuesday, July 10, 1962
•The Federal Aviation Agency, in a letter to City Manager S.W. McAllister Jr., says it would prefer that the city continue to go ahead with Moberly airport improvements as planned until land costs are definitely determined.
•A local budget of $6,580 for the Randolph County Red Cross chapter for the fiscal year which began July 1 was approved by the board of directors yesterday afternoon at a meeting in the Red Cross office.
•Levering Kirby, former Paris druggist, began work Monday as pharmacist at the Mears Drug Store. He brings to three the staff of pharmacists at the store. The others are Wylie Mears and Searles Anderson.
•Mrs. Zella Matzen, Cairo, who served the Cairo Telephone Exchange as chief operator for the past nine years and 14 years in all, was featured at the last rural switchboard in Randolph County, in a photo. The Cairo Telephone Association was organized in 1899 and discontinued June 30. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company has put in dial telephones to the former Cairo subscribers.
Friday, July 10, 1987
•The Moberly Area Chamber of Commerce team won the seventh annual bed race last night. The races, sponsored by the Moberly Jaycees, ran in conjunction with Moonlight Madness in downtown Moberly. The winning bed was pushed by Todd Matthews, David Kilgore, Lisa Kilgore, Greg Matthews and Brad Matthews. The Moberly Gymnastic Academy and Miss Mitzi’s School of Dance put on short programs and a local band, The Rubble, also provided entertainment before and after the bed races. Mark Goins sang one of the band’s numbers, featured in a photo on today’s front page.
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
•Jonathan Ashburn, 8, Roeshawn Smith, 13 and Trevon Logan, 9, checked out the good stuff inside those brown bags featured in a photo on today’s front page. Monday was the first day for the Kids Cafe program. During the first day 135 kids were fed and even more were fed on Tuesday. Dr. Lowry stated he believes there have been a few factors keeping the numbers down so far. “I attribute this to people still not being fully aware,” he said. “I think word of mouth is helping to indicate that it’s available.” The heat also has been a probable factor, he added.
•A judge has entered a judgment in a case filed in Shelby County Circuit Court involving $127,780 found in a cooler inside a van. Judge Hadley Grimm ruled the money should remain in the Shelby County treasury and should not go to the Shelby County Ambulance District, as the district had claimed. The currency came into the custody of the Missouri Highway Patrol as a result of a seizure of a wrecked van and its contents, which were discovered by patrol officers during a drug raid.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
•Cooling off on a hot day! Everyone looks for a way to cool off when the temperatures soar. Sisters Kaia Saunders, 7 and Kelcy Saunders, 11, along with their aunt Denaijha Lampkin, 13, were relaxing in a pool on South Williams Street while Aunt Dannia Lampkin watched. When asked what they liked most about the summer the girls answered, “Ice cream, swimming, slushies, soccer and t-ball.”
•For the past six years Shane and Amanda Harlan have had a membership to the Sun ‘N Fun pool in Moberly. Daughters Baleigh, 8 and Kennedy Harlan, 3, were just leaving with their friend Hailey Newbrough, daughter of Chris and Lisa Newbrough, when they were asked, “What do they like most about the pool?” Baleigh has been swimming since she was two years old. She likes swimming and jumping off the diving board. Hailey likes doing handstands and jumping off the diving board and little three-year-old Kennedy says “swimming in the deep end!”